Cheapest€19.43
- Apsrtc A807516:505h 50m22:40Vijayawada Railway Station Bus StopBus Stop
Door to door 6h 34mCO2 10.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Vijayawada to Chennai bus
Buses from Vijayawada to Chennai start at €23.28 and take 5h 50m at their fastest.
The Buses from Vijayawada to Chennai starts at €23.28 and takes 5h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 382 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 50mDoor to door
- 5h 6mMoving
- €23.28From
- 10.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apsrtc | €19.43 | 5h 45m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Chennai is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of Chennai Fort railway station
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When to book Vijayawada to Chennai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.3890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €24.3821 days
- €24.3814 days
- €27.687 days
- €27.683 days
- €37.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €37.58, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €31.53Sun
- €26.03Mon
- €26.58Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €29.33Thu
- €28.78Fri
- €24.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Vijayawada
Bus
- Vijayawada Railway Station Bus Stop
- Pandit Nehru Bus Station , Vijayawada
Chennai
Bus
- Bus Stop
- Taramani
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 382 km against 382 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nellore, Kadapa, Ongole, Tirupati. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Vijayawada at 06:39 and the last at 16:50, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 23m | 2h 39m | 44m | €51.49 | 12.6 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 4h 7m | 57m | 3h 10m | €48.52 | 96.9 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 5h 50m | 5h 6m | 44m | €23.28 | 10.3 kg | 3 |
Questions about Vijayawada to Chennai
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai take?
The Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai takes 5h 50m door to door, of which 5h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 382 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai cost?
The Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai starts at €23.28 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €21.08. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai?
1 operators run the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai: Apsrtc. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai use?
The Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai leaves from Vijayawada Railway Station Bus Stop and arrives at Bus Stop. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Vijayawada to Chennai?
Traveling from Vijayawada to Chennai by Train costs €51.49 and takes 3h 23m door to door, against 5h 50m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai?
Fares for the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai produce?
The Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai produces about 10.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 382 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai?
Operators on the Coach from Vijayawada to Chennai publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Vijayawada to Chennai on September 12, 2026: 382 km of route against 382 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 5h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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